"Closing the Gap: An Analysis of Women’s Representation in State Legislatures and the Gender Pay Gap"
By Laine P. Shay-Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Laine.Shay@tamucc.edu) and Beth Rauhaus-Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

January 14, 2023 

Files contained in this folder:  
(1)  Shay_and_Rauhaus_LSQ.csv
(2)  Figure 1.xlsx 
(3)  Shay_and_Rauhaus_Replication_Code.do

REPLICATION DATA ANALYSIS:

To reproduce Model 1 (Table 1) from the article, (1) open Shay_and_Rauhaus_Replication_Code.do, (2) load Shay_and_Rauhaus_LSQ.csv into Stata, and run the lines from 17 to 19 and lines 21 to 22.

To reproduce Figure 2 from the article, (1) open Shay_and_Rauhaus_Replication_Code.do, (2) load Shay_and_Rauhaus_LSQ.csv into Stata, and run the lines from 17 to 26.

To reproduce Model 2 (Table 1) from the article, (1) open Shay_and_Rauhaus_Replication_Code.do, (2) load Shay_and_Rauhaus_LSQ.csv into Stata, and run line 19 and lines 28-29.

To reproduce Model 3 (Table 1) from the article, (1) open Shay_and_Rauhaus_Replication_Code.do, (2) load Shay_and_Rauhaus_LSQ.csv into Stata, and run line 17 and the lines from 31 to 32.

To reproduce Figure 3 from the article, (1) open Shay_and_Rauhaus_Replication_Code.do, (2) load Shay_and_Rauhaus_LSQ.csv into Stata, and run line 17 and the lines from 34 to 36.

To reproduce Model 4 (Table 1) from the article, (1) open Shay_and_Rauhaus_Replication_Code.do, (2) load Shay_and_Rauhaus_LSQ.csv into Stata, and run line 17 and the lines from 38 to 39.

To reproduce Figure 1, (1) Figure 1.xlsx, (2) Select cells A6:B55.  Next, select the “Insert” tab and select "Maps" under the Charts command. 


SOFTWARE

We conducted the analysis for this paper using Stata IC 16 and Microsoft Excel Version 365.
